Awesome Art & Design

Alejandro de Antonio made a series of sweet portraits of music icons using vinyl records for the Unconventional Materials project of the Art Room. No word if the pieces are for sale though.

Stock Logos lines up the past logos of famous companies and then predicts what their future logo might look like, tongue firmly planted in cheek. The “future” Nokia and Gap logos are priceless.

Designed by Yoshihide Nakatani, the appropriately named Cupuc looks like a beverage can when turned upside down. On second thought, we think it should be named Cupnac.

Just like its big sister, the Qlocktwo Touch alarm clock is made from a single block of aluminum and comes in different colors and languages. It’s reading lamp mode makes all the letters light up.

Dress up your walls Sith style with the Imperial Forces wallpaper. It’s hand-screened and flocked and features textured portraits of Darth Vader, Boba Fett and Empire troops.

From Pop Chart Lab – the folks who made the Omnibus of Superpowers – comes another geeky chart. This video game controller evolutionary tree features 119 controllers classified into 7 categories.

It looks like we won’t have to wait for an indie project to make Marty McFly’s self-lacing sneakers a reality. Nike has all but confirmed that they will be releasing the Air Mag from Back to the Future.

Graphic designer Genis “Gex” Carreras’ attempt to symbolize major philosophical theories using minimalist art. Gex will also release a compilation of all the prints in book form.

Sean Kenney used 65,000 bricks to create this 10′ replica of Chicago’s Trump Tower. He emulated the reflectivity of windows by using clear bricks with several layers of blue and white bricks underneath.

This adorable print is an homage to Strelka (“Little Arrow”), one of the animals sent into space by the Russians in 1960. Strelka and her partner Belka were the first ones to survive orbital flight.

Matthew Buchholz re-imagines American history with his Alternate Histories prints, inserting aliens, robots, zombies and other fantasy and science fiction staples in iconic images and events.

While other artists have a distinctive style, Adam Rabalais impressed us for the opposite reason. His alternate movie posters demonstrate his versatility and faithfulness to the films he references.

David Hanauer’s WorldWide Carpets are made out of repeating patterns of the bird’s eye view screenshots from Google Earth. Size and patterns can be customized. Price available upon request.

Graphic designer and avid Game of Thrones fan Thomas Gateley made banners for each of the houses in George R.R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire series, featuring their sigils and motto.

Spencer Bigum’s concept packaging for Duracell batteries is brilliant in its simplicity. The geeky covers should be a hit with consumers looking to power their game controllers and remote controls.

It’s a standard globe under normal light. But it literally shines the most when it’s dark: LED lights softly glow and mimic the look of our planet at night when viewed from space.